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Gourmet Xmas Food Hunt

£ 35 per person

Food Included

Taste festive York. An indulgent winter wonderland trail of puzzles around the city's top cafes, delis, and bakeries, with plenty of Festive Gourmet goodies along the way. Expect Yuletide pastries, mince pies, festive spiced drinks, speciality meats and cheeses, and more, all from independent, local businesses specially curated to showcase the city's legendary seasonal treats.

At the same time, enjoy an escape-room style game with your team, cracking clues that weave in and out of the snow-kissed (no promises!) fairytale streets. An idyllic Christmas adventure full of puzzles and plenty of delicious surprises.

You'll visit 3 magical York establishments where each player will be treated to the following festive goodies - all included in the price;

Traditional Christmas baked good
Yuletide sweet treat and hot drink
Deluxe Festive Deli and Charcuterie selections

You'll be full of more than just festive joy by the end, we promise!

Our gourmet Christmas hunt is the perfect yuletide activity for families, friends, colleagues, and anyone who enjoys seasonal delights. Catering to both vegetarians and meat aficionados (note: we're unable to cater to vegans at this time), this experience melds fun, festive flavours, and the rich history of York. Prepare to have your mind, heart and palate entranced by this festive feast for the senses.

Suitable for children accompanying adults - you'll be surprised, the kids might help you around!

How It Works

Your team will receive clues on your phones that, once deciphered, will guide you to interesting and scenic parts of the city. At these you will solve riddles, explore the story and make decisions that will impact the rest of the game.

The route is walking distance and features optional breaks at great pubs and cafes along the way. The clues require no prior knowledge and come with hints to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.

Get booked in as we have limited availability on this route over the Winter period.

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Plan your day

09:00 to 13.45 Wed-Sat Advance booking required

1.5 to 2.5 hours across 3.7 km / 2.3 miles

Start Location

Exhibition Square

End Location

Dean's Park

Communication Methods

Rated 4.9/5 on Google

Rated 4.7/5 on TripAdvisor

Ready? Book your adventure today

Reviews

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Lost Not Found

It was genuinely fabulous! I didn’t know how it would be possible to attempt to recreate some of the aspects of the sho…

Poynton The Wrong Way

Had an amazing adventure and missed out on first place by 14 seconds, if only my fat fingers didn’t mistype an answer

Champagne Champions

It was such a terrific day! We had done the London one a few months before and found the Manchester race to be really u…

Kina

Great day out!!!

Team Private LRJH

Great team day out. Lots of fun!

Diana & Nath

Absolutely loved it, it was better than I imagined. So much fun and a great way to see the city. The icing on the cake …

The Toomey Two

Fantastic experience, thoroughly enjoyed it and allowed us to see Manchester through new eyes whilst having fun at the …

The Perimenopause Pioneers

We had such a fun day , racing across Manchester , girls vs boys . We were engaged from the moment it started till the …

JVenture

Absolutely fabulous experience! We really enjoyed the whole day. Would highly recommend!

Team Nova

Such A great adventure. Saw places I never knew existed and loved the challenges. Brought us all together!

Ride or Die

Had the best day , got a lot of steps in but was so fun!!

Talented Taylors

This is our 3rd city days in York and we’ve had so much fun!

The Racing Roberts

We had the best time as a family and will definitely be doing it again and recommending to others! Probably the most fu…

Team machina

Great day; lots of laughs 😊2nd place for Team machina

FiFiWoo

Great family activity, fun to explore some lesser seen parts of the city!

The Gould-Strings

What a fantastic day out! My 11 year old wants to book it for her next birthday party and my 7-year-old eagerly measure…

Nottinghamshire Numpties

Had a really good day. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Can’t wait to try different routes and locations.

We’re only here for the BevRudge’s

We had a fab time and saw parts of the city we wouldn’t have seen in a normal visit. The end puzzle was ruined slightly…

Lauders

Was a really good experience, kids enjoyed it and we got lucky with the weather.It was enough of a challenge to make yo…

KM+KG

A fun way to explore the city (even for locals).

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FAQs

: Click 'Book Now' and enter your details and select the number of tickets to match the number of participants.

Once paid you'll receive an email with login credentials to your setup dashboard.

On the dashboard find your booking, optionally split into teams, enter a team name and phone numbers.

Receive the welcome message on your phone, you're all good to go!
: The duration of each of our trails is different, you can see specific information on the "plan your day" section of the specific trail. In general our routes aim to last around 2.5 hours on average.
: Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your number of teams followed by each team's name and member details. Set up within a couple of minutes.
: Once booked, and you've logged into the dashboard, you'll be able to choose how many teams you'd like for your booking - once submitted you'll then be able to fill in team names and member details straight away.

We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and around 8 as a maximum.
: You can take extra breaks or come back to your route at anytime. Just continue from where you left off at your own convenience. We can't stop your team clock from ticking, but not everything's a race!
: Some of our trails have specific time slots that you should start within, this is usually due to closing public areas that you'll be travelling through. Some adventures can be played at any time so you can start whenever you're ready.

The latest start time assumes that you'll take no longer than the maximum duration, most teams will complete the trail within this time, if you'd like to go slower then start a bit earlier!
: Yes absolutely, add a phone for every member when setting up the team on the dashboard, or by forwarding them the extra-member join message you received at the start.
: All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
: WhatsApp & Telegram apps can be used to receive clues on all our trails
: START: Commence the trail when you're at the start location.

HINT: You're at the correct location but don't know how to find the answer.
(1 Penalty Free)

LOST: Got lost on the route? We'll send a detailed path to get you back on route.
(1 Penalty Free)

SKIP: When you're on a set break but ready to move on.
: There are time penalties for; incorrect answers, hints and losts. You receive 1 penalty-free of each, but after that you'll have 10 minutes added onto your team time for each use.
: Simply; If you don't have a great time on one of our classic trails (not Race Across the World), let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
: All the trails can be completed with out any prior knowledge without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
: We accept Google Pay, Apple Pay, Paypal, VISA, MasterCard and American Express. All processed securely by our payments provider Stripe.
: After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.

WhatsApp Setup Guide

Telegram Setup Guide
: Whatsapp & Telegram integrations will use data, again if your contract has a set amount of data you should not be charged. If you have any questions or issues then please get in contact with us.
: We turn your city into a playground of clues! When you begin you'll receive the first clue. Solve the obscured directions to discover your path and lead you to answer the question. Use your surroundings to help guide you and find the answer to the clue. Once you've found it reply back to us to receive the next.

Along the way we'll take you to fantastic secret areas and breaks at brilliant pubs/cafes.

Check out our How it works page to see more.
: Dress for the weather and take it in your stride! (Top tip, bring an umbrella!). The streets are quieter and you'll have it all to yourselves :) Picnics cannot be rescheduled without a few working days notice due to suppliers pre-prepping food. Race Across the World each day no matter the weather!
: Absolutely, when you're booking you can select to choose your date later. If you've already chosen a date and would like to change this, just reach out to the team and we can process this for you, completely free of charge.
: On your adventure you'll reach 'rest stops' where we'll recommend some great local businesses - feel free to enjoy a recommendation, find somewhere else or skip entirely - there is absolutely no pressure to enter or use any of the businesses mentioned.

The game timer will stop during the rest zone so feel free to relax!
: Perfect for couples, groups of friends, families, small businesses or large corporate team building days.

Our activities are perfect to get a bit of friendly competition going, simply let us know how you'd like your booking split into teams and we can get you setup with a live leaderboard too!
: Absolutely, each team's timer will start when they send 'start' and each team will receive their overall time (with penalties!) at the end for comparison.

If you'd like us to set you up a private live leaderboard for your teams, just ask!
: Maybe. Depending on how busy the route is you might be on the tail of another group, overtaking or getting overtaken. It's a great way to meet other like minded adventurers on the way, don't forget to say hi to each other and get a bit competitive!
: For multiple teams you can start all at once or stagger start times by a couple of minutes - groups organically spread out and overtake throughout the activity. The fastest team may not be the winning group as there are time penalties for wrong answers, a fine balance!

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